STARRY NIGHTS CONCERT/PRIDE NIGHT — The first Starry Nights concert of the summer begins with Pride Night festivities at 5 p.m. tonight with vendors and a DJ in Irwin Park, 1800 block of Ridge Road in Homewood. At 7 p.m. The PriSSillas take the stage. Bring blankets or lawn chairs.[Read More…]
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7/16/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
SATURDAY GOLF CLINICS – Coyote Run Golf Course helps tune up your game with three Adult Golf Clinics in July. This Saturday is Driver Tune Up, where you’ll learn proper balance, ball position and swing plane. You will also get answers to why 90% of golfers slice the ball. Register[Read More…]
7/9/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
(Updated at 7:45 a.m.) FREE YOUTH YOGA – During Homewood Farmers Market, children of all ages can enjoy a free 25-minute yoga class inside Homewood Science Center. Kids must be able to stay on their mats. Attend class at either 10:30 or 11 a.m. Saturday. Future classes at the Farmers Market are[Read More…]
7/2/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
FLOSSMOOR PARADE – On Saturday, decorate bicycles and wagons in red, white and blue and join in the return of Flossmoor Fire Department’s annual Independence Day parade. Line up at 9:30 a.m. in the Parker Junior High School parking lot. Parade steps off at 10 a.m. and proceeds into downtown[Read More…]
6/17/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
H-F JUNETEENTH FEST – You Matter 2 hosts a Juneteenth celebration at H-F High School from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. It features dance and musical performances, a fashion show, food trucks and more. Bring school supplies to donate for the organization’s upcoming Back to School Bash. PADS COLLECTION –[Read More…]
5/7/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
PREPARE FOR JUNETEENTH – The nonprofit organization You Matter 2 is planning an HF Juneteenth Festival, and the group’s leaders are encouraging local residents to get ready by signing up to volunteer and stocking up on gear. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. JUNETEENTH GEAR –[Read More…]
4/30/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
TRAIL CLEAN-UP – People 18 and older can help the Friends of Vollmer Grove Trail at their Clean-Up Day event any time from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Register to let them know you’re coming. FREE PHOTO SITTINGS – Thomas’ Photographic Services hosts its annual Sports Photography Day from 10[Read More…]
4/9/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
SOUTH SUBURBS FOR GREENSPACE OVER CONCRETE – Silent auction on Saturday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. to support the organization’s environmental advocacy efforts. GYPSY FIX GRAND OPENING – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the boutique and 11 associated artisan shops celebrate the opening of the retail center at[Read More…]
4/2/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
FREE BRUSH COLLECTION – Flossmoor Public Works offers free brush collection during the first week of each month, beginning April 5. Set brush by the curb 7 a.m. Mondays, no earlier than three days prior to collection. NEW FLOSSMOOR FIRE CHIEF – Earlier this month, longtime firefighter Robert Kopec was[Read More…]
2/19/2021 | What You Need to Know This Weekend
STORIES w/MAMA EDIE – Gather the family to Explore the Power of Story and Music with Mama Edie in a live virtual program from the Village of Flossmoor at 11 a.m. Saturday. Interact with musical instruments as Edith “Mama Edie” Armstrong discusses voting rights and social justice through storytelling and[Read More…]